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5th European Guitar Award: 2-5 April 2020

Postponed to 7-10 January 2021 due to corona restrictions

The 5th European Guitar Award at the Dresden University of Music is due to the corona-related decisions on digital rights.

Thus, in 2021, the tradition of the highly regarded interest legacies from 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2016 will be reversed. The award includes finding and finding personal artistic relationships in the field of guitar music. He orientates himself consciously and the tradition of a universal behavior and acting musician. That leads him away from other established interest heirs related to an interpreter's qualifications. Musicians from Europe are allowed to start.

The jury was also made up of musicians who are together between the countries and cultures. Each juror is an interesting protagonist, his instruments and a creative artist with his own musical language. It is part of the perception tradition of the festival that these two workshops are on stage as well. Extraordinary concert experiences have been announced! We very much expect the workshops and concerts of the 2021 competition to be not far away.


The Winners of the 5th European Guitar Award

The final of the 5th European Guitar Award took place digitally on January 10, 2021 due to corona and closed to the public. The jury evaluated the video contributions submitted by the finalists.
The audience award was from 13.-17. January 2021 awarded digitally via video voting. The virtual audience was able to watch the videos of the finalists on the Youtube channel of the Hochschule für Musik Dresden and vote via LIKE. A total of 4.873 LIKES were set.
The award winners were announced on Monday, January 18, 2021, at 12:00 by Prof. Thomas Fellow by video message from the concert hall of the Hochschule für Musik Dresden.
The winners of the 5th European Guitar Awards will receive prizes in a grand total of EUR 12,000.00.
We would like to thank the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, the Freundesgesellschaft der HfM Dresden, Equicon Jena, SCHOTT Music, BESTACOUSTICS / Reinhard GmbH and the numerous private sponsors for their kind support.

 

 

Award Ceremony

Announcement of the winners with Claudia Schmidt-Krahmer and Thomas Fellow. The link goes to Youtube.

 

The prizes are divided as follows:

Winner of the 5th European Guitar Award: Christian Zack (Germany)
He receives EUR 6,000.00 as well as a CD production with the German label DOCTOR HEART MUSIC, concerts as part of a Young Masters tour and the opportunity to publish selected compositions with SCHOTT MUSIC.

Sponsorship Award Winners: Antonin Pevala (Czech Republic), Márton Stummer (Hungary), and Karlijn Langendijk (Netherlands)
They will each receive prize money of EUR 2,000.00 as well as support in arranging concerts and the opportunity to publish a selected composition with SCHOTT MUSIC.

Audience Award: Manel Ferreira (Portugal)
The audience award is a steel string guitar from the Australian guitar company COLE CLARK worth EUR 3,000.00, donated by BESTACOUSTICS / Reinhard GmbH.

There will probably be a winners' concert in the concert hall of the Dresden University of Music in summer or autumn 2021. The appointment will be announced in time.

 


The Finalists

Björnsson, Gulli (Island)

 

Ferreira, Manel  (Portugal)

 

Langendijk, Karlijn  (The Netherlands)

 

Müller , Benedikt (Germany)

 

 Pevala, Antonin (Czech Republic)

 

Scalmana, Andrea  (Italy)

 

Stummer, Marton  (Hungary)

 

Zack, Christian (Germany)

 

Zeller, Fabian (Deutschland)

 


Committee

The committee’s decision shall be final.

Application

The application process was completed on February 20, 2020.

The jury selected the finalists of the 5th European Guitar Award:

Gulli Björnsson (Iceland)
Manel Ferreira (Portugal)
Armin Kulla (Germany)
Karlijn Langendijk (Netherlands)
Benedikt Müller (Germany)
Antonin Pevala (Czech Republic)
Andrea Scalmana (Italy)
Marton Stummer (Hungary)
Christian Zack (Germany)
Fabian Zeller (Germany)

The final will be held on January 10, 2021.

 

Our Thanks to

… the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, the Freundesgesellschaft der HfM Dresden, Equicon Jena, SCHOTT Music, Bestacoustics and the numerous private sponsors for the friendly support.

Wir danken

... der Ostsächsischen Sparkasse Dresden, den Deutschen Werkstätten Hellerau, der Freundesgesellschaft der HfM Dresden, Equicon Jena, SCHOTT Music, Bestacoustics sowie den zahlreichen privaten Sponsoren für die freundliche Unterstützung.

Final Round & Award

The Final
will take place digitally and behind closed doors in January 2021 due to corona. On Monday, January 18, 2021, the jury will announce the names of the winners at 12:00 CET.

The Audience Award
will be held from 13-17 January 2021 awarded via digital video voting.

The Price
The winners of the European Guitar Awards will receive a total of 12,000 euros in prize money. The prize can be shared. It also includes a CD production for the German label DOCTOR HEART MUSIC, concerts as part of a Young Masters tour and the possibility of publishing selected compositions with the SCHOTT MUSIC publishing house. A steel string guitar from the Australian guitar company COLE CLARK valued at around 3,000.00 euros will be awarded as the audience prize. The award ceremony is expected to take place in the summer of 2021 as part of a winners' concert in the concert hall of the Dresden University of Music.

Contact

European Guitar Award
Artistic Direction: Prof. Thomas Fellow

 


Mail Address
Hochschule für Musik Dresden
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